Mahabharata · 1.216.28–29
॥
Devanāgarī
अर्जुन उवाच
चक्रम् अस्त्रं च वार्ष्णेयो विसृजन् युधि वीर्यवान् ॥
त्रिषु लोकेषु तन् नास्ति यन् न जीयाज् जनार्दनः ॥
गाण्डीवं धनुर् आदाय तथाक्षय्यौ महेषुधी ॥
अहम् अप्य् उत्सहे लोकान् विजेतुं युधि पावक ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
arjuna uvāca
cakram astraṃ ca vārṣṇeyo visṛjan yudhi vīryavān ||
triṣu lokeṣu tan nāsti yan na jīyāj janārdanaḥ ||
gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur ādāya tathākṣayyau maheṣudhī ||
aham apy utsahe lokān vijetuṃ yudhi pāvaka ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
चक्रम् अस्त्रं च वार्ष्णेयः विसृजन् युधि वीर्यवान्cakram astraṃ ca vārṣṇeyaḥ visṛjan yudhi vīryavānVarshneya [Krishna], hurling the discus-weapon in battle, valiant, —
त्रिषु लोकेषु तत् न अस्ति यत् न जीयात् जनार्दनःtriṣu lokeṣu tat na asti yat na jīyāt janārdanaḥin the three worlds there is nothing that Janardana could not conquer;
गाण्डीवं धनुः आदाय तथा अक्षय्यौ महेषुधीgāṇḍīvaṃ dhanuḥ ādāya tathā akṣayyau maheṣudhītaking up the bow Gandiva and the two inexhaustible great quivers,
अहम् अपि उत्सहे लोकान् विजेतुं युधि पावकaham api utsahe lokān vijetuṃ yudhi pāvakaand I too dare to conquer [all] the worlds in battle, O Pavaka;
अर्जुनarjunaoriginal form "arjuna", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वार्ष्णेयोvārṣṇeyooriginal form "vārṣṇeyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तन्tanoriginal form "tan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नास्तिnāstioriginal form "nāsti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यन्yanoriginal form "yan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जीयाज्jīyājoriginal form "jīyāj", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धनुर्dhanuroriginal form "dhanur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथाक्षय्यौtathākṣayyauoriginal form "tathākṣayyau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अप्य्apyoriginal form "apy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
Arjuna said: "Varshneya, hurling the discus-weapon in battle, valiant, — in the three worlds there is nothing that Janardana could not conquer; taking up the bow Gandiva and the two inexhaustible great quivers, I too dare to conquer all the worlds in battle, O Pavaka."
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Here Arjuna first glorifies the might of Krishna, and only then his own. It is significant that he places Janardana's invincibility first and his own after: the devotee exalts the Lord before himself. Here is the humility of strength, one that recognizes in the Lord the source of every victory. Thus the scripture reveals Arjuna's reverence; and his confidence rests on his closeness to Krishna.